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Gonorrhea May Become Untreatable as Antibiotics Efficacy Wanes, WHO Says

April 29, 2010

By Simeon Bennett April 29 (Bloomberg) — Gonorrhea may become untreatable as the improper use of antibiotics reduces their ability to clear the sexually transmitted infection, the World Health Organization said.

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Heart Angiograms Show No Disease in Almost 40% o Patients, Research Shows

March 11, 2010

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Alzheimer’s Theory on Brain Material May Shift by Benefit Found in Study

March 3, 2010

By Michelle Fay Cortez March 3 (Bloomberg) — Beta amyloid that builds up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease may go along with beneficial antimicrobial activity, researchers said. The findings from investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital raise the possibility that some cases of Alzheimer’s may stem from chronic, undetected brain infections. The results also cast doubt on the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to find drugs to wipe out beta amyloid from the brain, one of the main methods now in development to fight the most common form of dementia in the elderly, the researchers said.

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Genetic Tests No Help Predicting Heart Disease Risks in Women, Study Says

February 16, 2010

By Nicole Ostrow Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Genetic screening didn’t help doctors predict which women would develop heart disease in the first study assessing the effectiveness of the current gene markers for the disease, researchers said.

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Mumps Outbreak at New York Area Jewish Schools Expands to 1,521 Children

February 11, 2010

By Tom Randall Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — An outbreak of mumps in Jewish schools in New York and New Jersey has sickened 1,521 students since June and isn’t subsiding, U.S. health officials said.

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